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Fresh Air Weekend<em> highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:</em><p><strong>'Justified' Creator Aims To Stay True To The Late Writer Elmore Leonard: </strong>The FX series, now in its final season, is based on Leonard's novella <em>Fire in the Hole</em>.Sat, 28 Mar 2015 14:58:00 +0000editor70196 at http://whqr.orgFresh Air Weekend: Graham Yost, Review Of Courtney Barnett, 'American Crime'In 'While We're Young,' The Border Between Ridicule And Sympathy Is Thin http://whqr.org/post/while-were-young-border-between-ridicule-and-sympathy-thin
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=In+%27While+We%27re+Young%2C%27+The+Border+Between+Ridicule+And+Sympathy+Is+Thin+&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA5MTYwMDQ1MDEzMzE1ODcyMjRmY2FlMA004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST: <p>This is FRESH AIR.Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:15:00 +0000David Edelstein70146 at http://whqr.orgAn Oncologist's 'Biography Of Cancer' Adapted Into A Documentaryhttp://whqr.org/post/oncologists-biography-cancer-adapted-documentary
In <em>The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer,</em> Siddhartha Mukherjee chronicled how our understanding of cancer has evolved<em>. </em>Starting Monday, Ken Burns' three-part documentary will air on PBS. Terry Gross talked with Mukherjee in 2010. <div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR.Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:15:00 +0000editor70147 at http://whqr.orgCourtney Barnett Makes Ennui Vivid On Debut Albumhttp://whqr.org/post/courtney-barnett-makes-ennui-vivid-debut-album
Courtney Barnett is an Australian singer-songwriter in her late 20s who's just released her first full album. It's called <em>Sometimes I Sit and Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit</em>. Barnett fills her songs with details about things she observes around her, everyday details that <em>Fresh Air</em> rock critic Ken Tucker says she somehow manages to infuse with a freshness rare in any songwriter, let alone one this young. <div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR.Thu, 26 Mar 2015 19:31:00 +0000Ken Tucker70108 at http://whqr.org'Justified' Creator Aims To Stay True To The Late Writer Elmore Leonard http://whqr.org/post/justified-creator-aims-stay-true-late-writer-elmore-leonard
The FX series <em>Justified</em>, which is in its sixth and final season, is based on the novella <em>Fire in the Hole</em> by Elmore Leonard. Leonard was an executive producer of the series until his death in 2013. The show's creator and showrunner, Graham Yost, says he has made it his mission to stay as true as he can to Leonard's vision and storytelling style.<p>"Ultimately I look at this show as Elmore Leonard's show, and we're all in service of him and his view and his way of writing and creating these characters," Yost tells <em>Fresh Air</em>'s Terry Gross.Thu, 26 Mar 2015 19:29:00 +0000editor70109 at http://whqr.org'Justified' Creator Aims To Stay True To The Late Writer Elmore Leonard Journalist Says Ted Cruz's Message Is Clear That 'Compromise Is For Losers'http://whqr.org/post/journalist-says-ted-cruzs-message-clear-compromise-losers
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Journalist+Says+Ted+Cruz%27s+Message+Is+Clear+That+%27Compromise+Is+For+Losers%27&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA5MTYwMDQ1MDEzMzE1ODcyMjRmY2FlMA004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>TERRY GROSS, HOST: <p>This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross.Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:37:00 +0000editor70054 at http://whqr.orgDo You Believe In Ghosts? You Might After Reading This Bookhttp://whqr.org/post/do-you-believe-ghosts-you-might-after-reading-book
Who doesn't love a good ghost story? The unseen hand moving a cup or the shadow climbing a staircase promises an existence beyond our mundane realities.Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:37:00 +0000Maureen Corrigan70055 at http://whqr.orgDo You Believe In Ghosts? You Might After Reading This Book'American Crime': A Series Packed With 'Emotional Honesty' About Racehttp://whqr.org/post/american-crime-series-packed-emotional-honesty-about-race
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=%27American+Crime%27%3A+A+Series+Packed+With+%27Emotional+Honesty%27+About+Race&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA5MTYwMDQ1MDEzMzE1ODcyMjRmY2FlMA004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>TERRY GROSS, HOST: <p>This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. My guest, John Ridley, is the creator of the new ABC series "American Crime." Ridley won an Oscar for his screenplay for "12 Years A Slave." A little later, we'll bring Benito Martinez into the conversation.Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:59:00 +0000editor69999 at http://whqr.orgJames Corden Hits Late-Night TV With His Own Skill Set And Mindsethttp://whqr.org/post/james-corden-hits-late-night-tv-his-own-skill-set-and-mindset
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=James+Corden+Hits+Late-Night+TV+With+His+Own+Skill+Set+And+Mindset&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA5MTYwMDQ1MDEzMzE1ODcyMjRmY2FlMA004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>TERRY GROSS, HOST: <p>This is FRESH AIR. Last night, CBS premiered "The Late, Late Show With James Corden," the replacement for Craig Ferguson in the timeslot that follows David Letterman.Tue, 24 Mar 2015 18:53:00 +0000David Bianculli70000 at http://whqr.orgFormer Orca Trainer For SeaWorld Condemns Its Practiceshttp://whqr.org/post/former-orca-trainer-seaworld-condemns-its-practices
Last year 4 million people visited SeaWorld's theme parks, where the top shows feature orcas, also known as killer whales. For years, activists have charged that keeping orcas in captivity is harmful to the animals and risky for the trainers who work with them, a case that gained urgency in 2010 when Dawn Brancheau, a veteran orca trainer, was dragged into the water and killed by a whale at the SeaWorld Park in Orlando, Fla.Mon, 23 Mar 2015 22:00:00 +0000editor69961 at http://whqr.orgFormer Orca Trainer For SeaWorld Condemns Its Practices